Responding to Western Alaska salmon disasters, a federal council agrees on concepts, leaving fisheries service to come up with details on future limits.
Less than five years ago, prospects appeared bright for Bering Sea crab fishers. Stocks were abundant and healthy, federal biologists said, and prices.
The future of the Cook Inlet salmon fishery is again in the air as the North Pacific Fishery Management Council debates how to manage it after a federal court ruled that it has to write a new plan.